Jose and Gould quickly entered the inner city, but within a few steps they were met by a group of men. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

A lavishly decorated carriage drove at the forefront, and the roads of the inner city were supposed to be very wide, but this carriage took up almost half of the road. The carriage was intricately decorated, with a sun-shaped coat of arms and two swords carved into it, which looked quite like the coat of arms of a certain family.

In front of the carriage was a knightly group of about twenty people, all of whom had serious and solemn faces, with a pious look between their eyebrows. However, as soon as you look at the momentum and formation of these guys, you know that they are definitely an elite cavalry team, far from being comparable to those ordinary family guards in the imperial capital.

José noticed that the horses they were riding were all of the best horses, and they weren't wearing any armor or anything like that, just ordinary knight's soft armor, and a long white robe with the same sun-shaped badge on the robe.

When the other pedestrians and carriages on the road saw this convoy, they also stopped, and their expressions became extremely respectful, and they bowed their heads very respectfully, as if they were in awe of these people.

Since the road ahead was impassable, Gould had to drive the carriage to the side of the street, and most of the other carriages on the street leaned to the side of the road to make way for the convoy.

José squinted his eyes at the team passing through the street, and glanced at Gould with some curiosity: "Which family's convoy is this, it has such a big shelf, and in the inner city of the imperial capital full of wealthy families, it must have a lot of origins, right?!"

Looking at the knights' dresses and the insignia mark on the carriage, José felt more and more familiar, but he didn't know where he had seen the badge.

"No, Boss Jose, you don't even know where these people came from......? Oh no, within the Empire of Light, I'm afraid there aren't many people who don't know what this badge represents, right?" Gould couldn't help but be a little surprised as he looked at Jose with a blank expression.

"Isn't it strange? Lao Tzu is a magician, do you understand that more than a year ago, I officially stepped into the Empire of Light, and I don't know much about it!"

"It seems that you were really ignorant before, even if you are a magician, I'm afraid there are few who don't know the meaning of this badge......" Gould couldn't help but shake his head, his expression became a little strange: "Because the name of the empire of the Empire of Light comes from this badge!"

"What do you mean...... These guys belong to the Temple of Light?No wonder I always felt like I had seen the pattern on this badge somewhere. ”

Jose couldn't help but take a closer look at these people, and sure enough, he found that they were dressed very much like the clergy he had seen in the northwest!

The Temple of Light, the most famous religion in the Empire of Light, dates back to antiquity. In fact, the history of the temple is much older than that of the Empire of Light, and in the records of the temple, the Temple of Light is the representative of the goddess of light left in the human world, and was regarded as the symbol of the goddess in the human world during the ancient period of the gods.

However, these are the legends recorded inside the temple, and their authenticity cannot be verified. But in the real history of the Empire, the Temple of Light was founded much earlier than the Empire.

As early as when the human continent had not yet been unified, and the human world at that time was still composed of many large and small countries, the Temple of Light already existed. However, at that time, the Temple of Light did not have the important status it has now, and at that time, there were many religious groups and forces in the long-term wars between various countries, and the Temple of Light was just one of them.

Throughout the history of the empire and the inner temple, there may be disagreements in many places, but there is only one thing that even the temple has to admit: the real rise of the Temple of Light came with the establishment of the Empire of Light!

It is said that the Temple of Light was originally only developed in a small country and became the national foot of this country, but the scope of influence was very limited, but the appearance of one person completely changed this situation, and also made the Temple of Light once called the only orthodox religion in the human world.

This person is none other than the founding emperor of the Empire of Light, Maude the Great!

Legend has it that Maude the Great was born in this small country that believed in the Temple of Light, and he was even a devout believer in the temple, and before he grew up and made his fortune, he used to be a priest in a small church in his hometown.

Then because of the outbreak of war, he joined the army, but because of this, he was constantly promoted, first because of his military exploits and won the king's appreciation, and then married the only daughter of the king at that time, after the death of the king, he directly controlled the military and political power of the country, and on this basis, finally completed the annexation war of the entire continent and established a unified human empire.

At this time, Maude the Great's belief in the Temple of Light reached its peak, and he believed that it was the Goddess of Light who chose him so that he could unify the human world. Even ignoring the depression of the initial peace of the war on the mainland, a large number of manpower and material resources were collected to build the Cathedral of St. Maud on the most extensive eastern plain in the empire.

What is even more sensational is that the founding emperor granted the Temple of Light great secular power despite everyone's opposition!

First of all, the Temple of Light officially became the only legal religion in the Empire, and everyone could not believe in the Temple of Light, but they could not believe in any other religion.

Secondly, the newly established empire was named the "Empire of Light", and the temple could be divided into dioceses in each province of the empire, and local religious offices could be established, and the temple had the right to collect taxes in the diocese and select clergy and holy knights.

The founding emperor was obviously a religious maniac, and after doing this, it seemed that he was not enough, so he made another decision that would affect future generations for hundreds of years - the establishment of the Papal States!!

Through the power of the emperor, he personally issued a decree to divide a large area of the northeastern part of the empire and establish a papal state that was free from secular power!

This move was regarded by countless historians as an extremely crazy move, both then and now! As a brilliant founding emperor, his exploits and vision have made later generations extremely admired, but it seems that only in the matter of faith can he not have any reason at all.

Therefore, when the Empire of Light was first established, it even maintained a state of peace between church and state, and Emperor Maude the Great was not only the emperor of the empire at that time, but also in the second year of his division of the Papal States, after the abdication of the previous old pope, the Temple of Light even awarded him the crown of the pope!